11 Facts About Eidos Interactive

Eidos Interactive formerly owned Tomb Raider, which was in development under CentreGold in 1996, and had acquired Crystal Dynamics in 1998, among numerous other assets, until 2022.

Ian Livingstone, who held a stake in Domark, became deputy chairman of Eidos and stayed in various roles, until his departure from the company in 2013.

In 2005, Eidos Interactive plc was in turn acquired by British games publisher SCi.

The Eidos Interactive acquisition was months prior to the release of Tomb Raider by Core Design, which CentreGold had acquired two years prior.

In 2003, Eidos founded Beautiful Game Studios, which continued its Championship Manager series after splitting with previous developer Sports Interactive.

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In March 2005, Eidos Interactive admitted that cash reserves had dwindled to during the second half of 2004, and pre-tax losses had grown to.

On 21 March 2005, Eidos Interactive received a takeover bid from Elevation Partners, the private equity firm owned by former Electronic Arts president John Riccitiello and with a number of notable partners, including U2's lead singer Bono.

Eidos Interactive offered, and tabled a restructuring plan to cut from annual costs.

The Eidos plc takeover was finalized on 16 May 2005, with SCi merging itself into Eidos Interactive's parent, renaming it SCi Entertainment Group Limited.

Square Enix initially stated that it would let Eidos Interactive remain structured as it was at the time of its takeover.

Eidos Interactive continued to managed its own Western Studios and Eidos Montreal retained its name.